 With an estimated area of 504.54 square kilometers, Jarso has an estimated population density of 244.9 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 102.6.The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 89,410, of whom 45,097 were men and 44,313 were women; the census reported 1,736 or 1.94% of its population were urban dwellers.This total consists of an estimate for the inhabitants of all 30 rural and the one urban kebeles in this woreda, which were not counted.